Behrangrad described battery modules reaching the end of life as carrying risks that current practice often overlooks.
“The module that was built 20 years ago, there might be a dent. It might be a cell that is really on the brink, and you want to load it on a truck,” he said, noting that once a warranty period lapsed, responsibility for safely transporting degraded modules fell on the asset owner rather than the manufacturer.
He challenged developers to check with logistics companies and EPC contractors whether they were equipped to remove battery modules that could individually weigh half a tonne.
“Communities and regulators really don’t care if you are technically prepared or not,” he said.
“They’re going to make it your liability.”
